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Advantages to Using Triacylglycerols, Rather Than Polysaccharaides, to Store Energy

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Advantages to using triacylglycerols, rather than polysaccharaides, to store energy include which reason(s) ?


A) The carbon atoms of triacylglycerols are more reduced.
B) Triacylglycerols contain more oxygen than polysaccharides and therefore are more efficient to oxidize.
C) Since triacylglycerols are hydrophobic, excess water does not need to be stored along with them.
D) The carbon atoms of triacylglycerols are more reduced, and since triacylglycerols are hydrophobic, excess water does not need to be stored along with them.
E) Triacylglycerols contain more oxygen than polysaccharides and therefore are more efficient to oxidize, and since triacylglycerols are hydrophobic, excess water does not need to be stored along with them.

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